General Assessment Criteria. The determination of appropriate auxiliary aids or services, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by the Facilities in consultation with the person with a disability. The assessment made by Facility Personnel will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including, but not limited to the following:
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of which auxiliary aids and services are necessary, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided shall be made by Hospital Personnel at the time the deaf or hard-of-hearing Patient or Companion contacts the Hospital and requests an interpreter or other auxiliary aid or service. Hospital Personnel will perform and document, in the deaf or hard-of-hearing Patient's medical chart, a communication assessment as part of each initial in-patient assessment. The assessment made by Hospital Personnel will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including, without limitation, the following:
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of which appropriate auxiliary aids and services are necessary, and the timing, duration and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by the Hospital personnel who are otherwise primarily responsible for coordinating and/or providing patient care services, in consultation with the Patient or Companion where possible. The assessment will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including without limitation the following: (a) The nature, length and importance of the communication at issue; (b) The individual’s communication skills and knowledge; (c) The patient’s health status or changes thereto; (d) The Patient’s and/or Companion’s request for or statement of need for an interpreter; (e) The reasonably foreseeable health care activities of the patient (e.g., group therapy sessions, medical tests or procedures, rehabilitation services, meetings with health care professionals or social workers, or discussions concerning billing, insurance, self-care, prognoses, diagnoses, history and discharge); and (f) The availability at the required times, day or night, of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. 3.
General Assessment Criteria. Through the JDH Patient registration process, by way of the Patient intake form (electronic or otherwise) or by way of interaction or observation, and whether in person or by telephone or TTY, JDH shall inquire whether the Patient and/or the Patient’s Companion is deaf or hard of hearing. If the Patient states he/she is deaf or hard of hearing, and/or has a Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing or if through either JDH Personnel’s observations or interactions with the Patient or Companion, JDH determines the Patient or Companion may be deaf or hard of hearing, JDH shall ensure that an assessment is conducted by appropriate JDH Personnel consistent with this Agreement, to determine whether an auxiliary aid or service is necessary to provide the Patient or Companion with effective communication, and if so, what type of auxiliary aid or service is needed. JDH will confirm that the determination is appropriately documented in the Patient’s medical record or the Patient registration system. JDH further confirms that the determination as to the auxiliary aids and services required to effectively communicate with a Patient and/or Companion is adjusted throughout a Patient’s visit based on a wide array of factors and circumstances, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of which appropriate auxiliary aids and services are necessary, and the timing, duration and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by Dr. Hand, in consultation with the individual where possible. The assessment will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including without limitation the following: The nature, length and importance of the communication at issue; The individual’s communication skills and knowledge; The individual’s health status or changes thereto; The individual’s request for or statement of need for an interpreter; The reasonably foreseeable mental health care activities of the individual (e.g., group therapy sessions, psychological tests or procedures, meetings with health care professionals or social workers, or discussions concerning billing, insurance, self-care, prognoses, diagnoses, history and discharge); The type of auxiliary aid or service necessary to ensure effective communication. Dr. Hand is not required to provide any auxiliary aid or service that would fundamentally alter the nature of the services offered or that would result in an undue burden. However, the fact that providing a particular auxiliary aid or service would result in a fundamental alteration or undue burden does not necessarily relieve Dr. Hand from his obligation to ensure effective communication. Dr. Hand must still provide an alternative auxiliary aid or service that would not result in an undue burden or fundamental alteration but that would ensure effective communication to the maximum extent possible, if one is available. C.
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by Highline Medical Center in consultation with the person with a disability. The assessment made by Hospital Personnel will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including, for example, the individual's communication skills and knowledge, and the nature and complexity of the communication at issue. To guide this determination, Highline Medical Center will provide all Patients or Companions who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing with a notice of services and model communication assessment form similar to the Model Communication Assessment Form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. Highline Medical Center will ensure that it provides a document substantially similar to Exhibit A to all new patients at intake at either the regular admissions desk or the Emergency Department within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement. Time for Assessment. The determination of which appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services are necessary, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided, must be made (a) at the time an appointment is scheduled for the Patient who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing or, (b) on the arrival of the Patient or Companion who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing at the Hospital, whichever is earlier. If someone other than the Patient schedules the appointment then (1) that person must be asked if the Patient is Deaf or Hard of Hearing and if so, then what Auxiliary Aids and Services are necessary when the Patient presents in person and (.2) an independent assessment will be performed when the Patient who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing presents for their appointment. Hospital Personnel will perform an assessment informed by the information collected as described in paragraph 22 as part of each initial inpatient assessment and document the results in the Patient's medical chart. It is not necessary to perform the assessment for each subsequent visit to Highline Medical Center or to require the Patient to request auxiliary aids and services for each subsequent visit to Highline Medical Center. In the event that the initial form of communication is not effective or circumstances change (See paragraph 28, below), Hospital Personnel will reassess which appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services are necessary, in consultation with the person with a disability, where possible, and ...
General Assessment Criteria. The assessment shall take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including without limitation the following:
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of appropriate auxiliary aids or services, and the timing, duration, and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by Briarleaf in consultation with the person with a disability. The assessment made by the applicable Briarleaf Personnel will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including, for example, the individual’s communication skills and knowledge, and the nature and complexity of the communication at issue.
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of which appropriate auxiliary aids and services are necessary, and the timing, duration and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by YRMC Personnel in consultation with the Patient or Companion where possible. The assessment will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including without limitation the following:
General Assessment Criteria. The determination of which appropriate auxiliary aids and services are necessary, and the timing, duration and frequency with which they will be provided, will be made by the Hospital Personnel who are otherwise primarily responsible for coordinating and/or providing patient care services, in consultation with the Patient or Companion where possible. The assessment will take into account all relevant facts and circumstances, including without limitation the following: a. The nature, length and importance of the communication at issue; b. The individual’s communication skills and knowledge; c. The Patient’s health status or changes thereto; d. The Patient’s and/or Companion’s request for or statement of need for an interpreter, including the Patient’s or Companion’s request for the provision of interpreting services; e. The reasonably foreseeable health care activities of the Patient (e.g., group therapy sessions, medical tests or procedures, rehabilitation services, meetings with health care professionals or social workers, or discussions concerning billing, insurance, self-care, prognoses, diagnoses, history and discharge); and f. The availability at the required times, day or night, of appropriate auxiliary aids and services. 2.
